King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution
By Steve Sheinkin and Tim Robinson
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Enter the America of the 1800s. The American Patriots in the thirteen colonies were governed by an unseen ruler, sitting across the Atlantic ocean in England. The group of colonies was on the brink of beginning their epic fight for independence from England.
This book tells the amazing story of the American Revolution in an easily digestible format that is not purely focused on the causes of the war. King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution instead looks to the process of telling the incredible tale through close-up narratives, fascinating anecdotes (the Battle of Eutaw Springs, when hundreds of soldiers battled in the nude), action, and quotes that capture the essence of the period. It's the epic tale of the birth of our nation, full of little-known details and incredible facts you can't help but want to share.
New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gifts young readers with an unforgettable American history lesson, featuring illustrations by Tim Robinson.
Steve Sheinkin
Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including Fallout, Undefeated, Born to Fly, The Port Chicago 50, and Bomb. His accolades include a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal and Honor, and three National Book Award finalist honors. He lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5I picked up this book thinking that it would be like the Horrible Histories series, but for American history instead. It's not. It's worse. It's disjointed. I felt that the writing style was really choppy. There is a foreword where the author says that he was a former textbook author and there were all these stories that he had to leave out. Well, I felt like he took those stories, put them in chronological order, and BAM! We have this book. I stopped reading shortly after Sheinkin starts discussing the American Revolution, because there was a section where he said something along the lines of, "Our country's history isn't a fairy tale, every body makes mistakes, not every gets a happy ending, but hey, at least it's interesting, right?" This comes after he discusses Abigail Adams' attempt to get her husband to "remember the ladies" and the British commenting that "those who yelp loudest for liberty" and equality of man own slaves themselves. To me, he seemed to implying that, hey our country has this awful background, but at least it makes it interesting! Or is he implying that perhaps our country would have a boring history if we didn't have racist and sexist undertones? Maybe I am overreacting, but it definitely was the last straw for a book I was already frustrated with.
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